Bug 445685 (CVE-2008-2108) - CVE-2008-2108 PHP weak 64 bit random seed
Summary: CVE-2008-2108 PHP weak 64 bit random seed
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-2108
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
QA Contact:
URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Depends On: 445917 445919 445920 445921 445922 445923 445924 445925
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-05-08 14:40 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:24 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 5.2.6-2.fc9
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-09-30 06:44:09 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0505 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat Application Stack v2.1 security and enhancement update 2008-07-02 13:15:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0544 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: php security update 2008-07-16 09:46:17 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0545 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: php security and bug fix update 2008-07-16 09:57:19 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0546 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: php security update 2008-07-16 09:59:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2008:0582 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: php security update 2008-07-22 12:30:50 UTC

Description Josh Bressers 2008-05-08 14:40:17 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-2108 to the following vulnerability:

The GENERATE_SEED macro in PHP 4.x before 4.4.8 and 5.x before 5.2.5, when running on 64-bit systems, performs a multiplication that generates a portion of zero bits during conversion due to insufficient precision, which produces 24 bits of entropy and simplifies brute force attacks against protection mechanisms that use the rand and mt_rand functions.

Refences:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491683/100/0/threaded
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-05/0103.html
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-02.txt
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42226
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-06-14 04:19:45 UTC 
php-5.2.6-2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update php'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-3606
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-06-20 19:08:12 UTC 
php-5.2.6-2.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-06-20 19:09:24 UTC 
php-5.2.6-2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 7 Red Hat Product Security 2008-09-30 06:44:09 UTC 
This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Application Stack:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0505.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0582.html

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0544.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0545.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0546.html

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-3864
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-3606
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